Third Grade

Third graders grow in their natural curiosity, personal values, self-motivation and responsibility. Students build on basic skills to expand their intellectual abilities, becoming critical thinkers who question assumptions about the world. Each student develops confidence as a reader and an author. Generating ideas, drafting, revising, editing, publishing, and proofreading are central. Students develop skills in the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Along with weekly discussions of current events, third graders might study the United Nations, Native American cultures, or the fifty states. Third graders meet for science in the lab, studying inventions, design and technology, and chemistry. Each year, the Third Grade Play is a highlight of the
winter season.

Pictured above: Third grade teachers Jen Nates and Melissa D'Amelio

Third Grade Curriculum (PDF Document)

Third Graders participated in Trick or Treat for Unicef, first giving a presentation to the school community, then collecting and counting the donations.

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Developmental Learning in Third Grade (PDF Document)

A Developmental/Constructivist Approach (PDF Document)